The situation seems much worse than reported in the news.
We are scared, but we continue to go to work for a sense of responsibility by turning.
We do not have suitable safeguards for our protection, such as ffp3 masks.
bulletime
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I am a nurse at Level 1 trauma center hospital in Detroit.
I swearCOVIDhas been around for weeks.
There are several members of my surgical team that have been hit hard with respiratory and fevers.
We may have misidentified this as the flu.
There has been a lack of communication, policy, and testing.
My hospital doesnt have a plan.
My wife is an accountant and they have a plan to work from home.
Again, my hospital does not.
This means we are continuing to operate as usual until we physically cannot.
BigODetroit
Since yesterday night, every town is locked down.
The government, immediately backed up by lots of celebrities, is basically saying hey, stay home.
Our emergency departments in the hospitals are collapsing.
Bars and restaurants can only open from 6 am to 6 pm.
Davide1011
My uncle contracted it.
Its much more serious then people believe.
It made my otherwise healthy 48 year old uncle flat out unable to breathe.
Hes been dependent on a ventilator for 4 days now.
What scares me is what will happen when it spreads.
I work in a hospital.
The resources to put everyone on a ventilator just do not exist.
He told me that they are probably going to discharge someone tomorrow but there are another few suspected cases.
PolarBear_293
Public unrest
The most frightening thing is going to be the economy.
Then she proceeded to take a train to STL.
Once home she got sick and it was suspected she was infected.
So she was tested and it came back pre positive.
The health department told her and her parents to self quarantine.
The parents of the school are already threatening to sue him if their kids get sick.
Its the first time I have heard threats like that made.
TheOrionNebula
Im not concerned about the virus itself.
No elderly relatives to worry about, all of my friends and family are young enough to be unharmed.
What concerns me is the potential civil unrest.
Could be a lot worse than the disease itself.
My country seems to be handling things very well, considering.
It could still turn into a pandemic as much here as anywhere else though.
Bribase
I live in Japan and the country is in full freak-out mode right now.
Schools have been closed as well as some museums and even arcades.
Even still, I dont have it half as bad as my friend who lives in Hong Kong.
He and his wife are going stir-crazy from the quarantine and the associated panic.
schnit123
If you want some sobering facts.
check out the Spanish flu on Wikipedia.
We may now have antibiotics but we can also circle the globe in a day.
Just because it doesnt exist in your world of experience doesnt mean it isnt real.
If they told you a tornado was coming would you ignore it because you havent experienced one?
Take care of yourself and wash your hands.
Many people with flu die of pneumonia and secondary bacterial infections.
Many people during the Spanish flu died for these reasons.
Carollee1
I live in the heart of the Lombardy region.
All my family has it and my grand uncle died.
People just stay home and thats it.
There is not much to do and shops are closed.
you’ve got the option to hear ambulances all day and night.
My uncle is in the hospital with a high fever.
His wife got it as well but she is home as her symptoms are milder.
My cousin is taking care of her and miraculously she is fine.
However her grandpa died and she couldnt even go to visit him.
Her grandma is sick as well and she cant see her either and she cant see her dad.
They are intubated and it just is a sad view.
People keep saying its just a flu.
Yes sure, but a flu without having had a vaccine can be quite dangerous.
No church is open or public event is held.
Right now is just quieter.
They couldnt even held the funeral for her grandpa.
My grandma woke up sick and I truly hope she has something else.
So many people in my city have it and yet they keep going around the city and spreading it.
Others, like my grandma, go everyday because how else is she going to get fresh bread?
Just this Sunday she HAD to go to church to confess.
I wonder how this death count will go up now that the hospitals are overfilled.
Thank you all for the well wishes.
Hopefully my most immediate family wont catch it.
So it is still most likely worse there than other places.
I fully expect other countries to soon be in the same sort of boat, though.
This is representative of the growth factor that we saw in italy.
Fundamentally though, the problem is that many places simply arent engaging in lots of testing.
We know this disease is highly contagious.
We know that it has an incubation period of around 5 days.
This is the same rate (roughly) as in Italy, between the 23rd and 29th of February.
In other words, Spain is about 10 days behind Italy.
somewhere between 9k-10k infected.
Cybugger
I basically live in the epicenter of the outbreak of Coronavirus here in Italy.
I am currently working from home and going out only once a week to do grocery shopping.
Moreover there are no masks around, its impossible to find them and hospitals are finishing them too.
Waking up every day to this is hard but Im still hopeful that this thing will end soon.
CharlesOnReddit
Supply shortages
Im in Daegu, South Korea.
We are adding almost 500 cases a day.
Outside of Wuhan, Daegu has the most cases.
Not enough masks, Lysol wipes are sold out, hand sanitizer is gone.
Im not concerned for myself but rather for my two young kids.
We are staying inside.
patient_bill
I have a daughter living in Saronno, but she works in Milano.
She is house bound, on lock down.
Her courses are being done via Skype.
Her employer has asked her not to come to work.
She says there has been quite a bit of panic buying at the Supermarkets.
Tourist areas (eg Duomo in Milano) are devoid of almost anybody.
QueenDiva9
We never lockdown in Seoul, Korea.
I think because every covid-19 related workers doing their job greatly.
We live daily life as usual.
Some major corporations were ordered their employees to work from their home for a few weeks as precaution.
During that period, there were no traffic in the city.
AlexYORR
Its fucking outrageous, Im crying right now while Im typing these words.
Its already really hard normally, right now the situation is terrible.
Ive quarantined myself, mostly to protect people in my city who cant fight it off.
Both my parents have the same symptoms.
mermaidhairdontcare
My daughter lives in a nation (like a co-ed frat) at Lund University in Sweden.
A close friend of hers that lives in her corridor is Swedens patient 0.
He returned from Italy about a week ago.
Since he entered the country via Copenhagen the health dept didnt catch him until the next morning.
He felt fine and had only encountered 2 people in the hall before going to his room.
He tested positive and the other 2 are quarantined for 14 days.
They took him to the hospital.
Two days later he spiked a 105 fever and he has a bad cough and chest tightness.
Hes been achy, had chills, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea.
He goes through day long stretches where he feels like hes gotten better and then it comes back.
Hes 21, was in great health and shape.
They are doing breathing treatments on him.
Statistically he should be fine.
Hes said its like hes going to die, then hes fine and the circle begins again.
tgibook
Step daughter bought it home from school, made us all sick.
3 days of fever chills, felt like blowing and coughing razor blades.
Can definitely see how the elderly or infirm could be pushed over the edge with it tbh.
it was mild for him and he was already looking like he was in his 60s.
He wasnt really complaining of chest breathing problems.
mimibox
Im not personally worried as the death rate is pretty low.
I dont think they have great access to treatment.
Winterclaw42
Every meme, news story, tweet, etc reminds me of H1N1 and for me thats personal.
I havent got enough left in me at the moment to cry but I will.
My wonderful husband died of H1N1 related pneumonia on 27th December 2009.
Parvanu
And… some sanity
For a couch potato like me its awesome.
Also I think were allowed to leave and get some fresh air.
viktorVHS
If youre a good citizen and you dont have a job its hard to tell.
Sometimes there are empty shelves, but its not something surreal.
Its like time has stopped.
RedDordit
I am self employed.
I am working as normal, but I advised my clients not to come by unless its truly urgent.
All bars are closed.
We avoid shaking hand and coming too close to other people.
Wash our hands religiously and change clothes as soon as I get home.
I avoid taking the elevator as much as possible.
All in all, life is going on mostly as it was before but theres very few people around.
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